People
My goal is simple. It is complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.
— Stephen Hawking
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker states an enormous ambition in plain terms: understanding the universe, its particular form, and its existence at all. Calling the goal simple creates a striking contrast between the clarity of the statement and the scale of what it asks.
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